Consider the problem of the "sliding pendulum" drawn in Figure 6.70, where a mass slides along a frictionless rod which is assumed to be uniform and thin. Use

(a) Newton's second law, and

(b) Lagrange's equation to derive the equations of motion. Can the governing equations be linearized? Under what conditions? What happens when \(r=l\) ?

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M m Figure 6.70: Sliding pendulum.